Chapter 28

Skye watches as Ciel comes back in the room, her eyes were darker than usual and her hair was tied in all sorts of knots. Ciel sits down with Skye on the floor, she was playing with the barbie's that had been there since her first day almost a year ago to that day. The dolls were beat up and all the dresses had been ripped. But Skye had nothing else to do but sit and pretend she was a normal girl playing with normal toys.

Ciel was gripping her fingers tightly shut as she comes to sit down next to Skye. "Mary come closer." She says to the seven year old Skye. Skye inches forward. Ciel opens her hand revealing a scalpel. "I stole it from the doctor."

"What are we going to do with it?" Skye asks her eyes wide looking at the doctor's tool.

"It's a weapon Mary; we're using it as a weapon." Ciel explains to Skye. "We need to use it Mary." Mary goes and grabs the coloring book and a blue marker from a bin full of old used toys expected to entertain them. She colours over Cinderella's face drawing a map. "There is a window down this hallway." She addresses pointing at the line.

Skye nods remembering the first time she'd seen one.

"I think if we can just make it to there, we can jump out." Ciel explains, drawing an 'X' where she believes the window is.

Skye remembers the black horizon when looking out the window. "When I looked out, it looked too high to jump out of." Skye cradles her arm. "We might not make it, we could die."

"Well what else can we do Mary; I don't know any other way out of here." Ciel cries gripping the scalpel knife. "Mary what do we do?"

Skye frowns, she didn't know what to say.

Ciel hands the weapon to Skye. "You need this more than I do." Ciel explains.

"Why?" Skye asks her.

"Because one of us they are going to kill, and the likelihood of it being you is higher." Ciel explains. "I've been here longer, they've been studying me longer, you were just a safety net if I wasn't perfect." Ciel explained.

"Safety net?" Skye didn't know what to think by Ciel's words, she didn't know what to think. But she knew no matter what she had to follow Ciel, and do what Ciel said was best, and that was escaping and leaving.

Skye grips the scalpel, the knife feeling like a weapon that she needed to cling to, but also something that she was very afraid of. "Ciel I think I have an idea on how to get us out of here." Skye suggests.

"What is it Mary?" Ciel asks her.

Skye takes the map of blue lines and points to an area near the testing room where they often got injections. "See this room Ciel, the doctors need key passes to get in it, and sometimes when I've walked by it, and I see someone going in, I see a red glow."

"What do you mean red glow that could be anything."

Skye shakes her head. "No, I think it's an exit sign. I've seen the beginning of it with an EX, I think it stands for exit. If we can get a key card and open the door maybe we could follow the stairs to leave."

Ciel doesn't speak for a moment, but a smile appears on her face. "Mary Sue that's brilliant!" She brings her hands in the air and hugs Skye. "I'm sure that's the way out, Mary that's for sure the way out." Ciel let's go. "Mary we're going to get out of here, for sure."

Skye nods, excited by her discovery. Maybe they would actually escape.

"Ciel don't call me Mary Sue, I don't like the name." Skye explains. "It's stupid and I hate it, even Mary's stupid."

"Then change it?" Ciel suggests. "My name before was Jane Macdonald, I was a Jane Doe before but instead of changing my name they just changed the last name." Ciel places a hand on Skye's shoulder. "I chose Ciel, because it was a decision I was free to make." Ciel claps her hands. "I can come up with a name for you if you want."

Skye shakes her head. "No that's okay I want to choose it, like you did. How did you choose Ciel, it's a pretty name."

Ciel blushes. "My foster mom before I got sick, or before this stupid place took me, used to call me Bleu Ciel. She was French, and apparently it meant blue sky."

"Blue sky?"

"I liked the idea of being named after something free. So I chose Ciel, unique and pretty."

"Maybe I can think of a name with lots of meaning like that?" Skye thinks. "Something special, that means lots to me." Skye taps her fingers. The scalpel was still hidden under her hand. "This is hard." Skye says.

"Well maybe, I can help." Ciel rips some of the colouring book and takes the blue pen to write down a name. She folds it and gives it to Skye. "You're not allowed to read it till we're outside and gone, but once you've read it you'll know you're free." Skye smiles holding the paper tightly in her hand.

"It's a promise."

A nurse comes in the room the lock opening automatically, they would have to come up with a way to unlock the door, and get a keycard. "Mary it's time for a check-up, change into the blue gown."

Skye looks at Ciel, she was frowning.

"Alright." Skye says, she goes into the bathroom to change. She hides the scalpel and paper in the head of the toilet seat. Hopefully no one would find it.

When Skye comes out Ciel is gone. "Where's Ciel?"

The nurse frowns. "She has a checkup as well Mary, don't worry." Skye frowns to what the nurse said. She didn't understand it, why did they have to keep doing tests? And why did Ciel have to leave?

Skye's brought down the white hallway, as she walks she spots the door. Skye looks at the nurse in front of her, she had a key card in her pocket, Skye knew for sure. Skye goes to reach for it, but they've already made it to the doctor's office, except this time they pass it and head straight for the right. Skye knew what that meant; she should have understood when they asked her to put on the blue gown.

"I—"

"Come along Mary." The nurse grabs Skye's hand with force, and practically drags her to the end of the hallway. Skye tries to pull away, but the nurse has strength a seven year old—almost eight year old doesn't have.

She drags her into the room, the table with straps in the center. "Can we please sedate her, she's being fussy." The nurse explains.

"Sorry, it has to be done by an oxygen mask."

Skye is taken by a doctor and lifted on the table, she tries to kick but they won't let her get away. They strap her down and faster than she can scream anything they put the mask on her, and she gets the feeling of suffocation. Skye tries to stay awake, but the drugs make her eyes droop and impossible to keep open.

The seven year old brings up her hand, except this time they were big hands from a teenager. "She's suffering from hypothermia, and has a mild concussion."

Concussion, hypothermia?

"I told you to deliver her in good condition, you call this good condition?" The voice sounded oddly familiar, with a tone Skye could only remember from a woman with a flower dress.

Skye blinks awake; she was back in her bed next to Ciel. "Ciel?" She whispers. "Are you awake?" Skye leans forward her stomach sore and aching. She brings her hand along her stomach and feels stiches in place. Skye wants to throw up at the idea of what they could have done. "Ciel?" Skye whispers again, Skye pulls out her IV and goes over to Ciel's bed. She's not in it.

Skye's heart drops. Suddenly she's not quite sure on what to do. Skye calls the nurse with the button, a blonde nurse coming in. "Mary what's wrong?" She asks. "And you've pulled out your medicine; you need it to get better." The nurse hooks the IV back in Skye's arm. Skye rips it out.

"This medicine doesn't make me better it makes me sleepy, now where's Ciel." Skye asks her, and somewhat demands.

"Oh Mary there is good news, Ciel was allowed to go home."

So did Ciel really get to go home? Guess you'll have to wait and see. Anyway excited about the episode tonight, should be amazing! Next chapter will be another past one, and then I'll go back to the main story.